The document discusses ways for leaders to become more innovative. It recommends that leaders practice what they preach by consistently showing commitment to innovation through their own projects and work styles. Leaders must also cultivate an innovative culture by ensuring resources are available for creative work and being tolerant of failures from new ideas. Additionally, leaders need to provide employees with the proper tools for innovation and make decisions quickly while trusting their employees' expertise.

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How to Become a More Innovative Leader
by shawnnutley | Dec 2, 2021 | Blog, business, entrepreneurship, Leadership, Shawn
Nutley
Businesses have to innovate continually to keep their market share and grow their profit
margin. If they fail to do so, they put themselves at the risk of being overtaken by their
competitors. Here are ways leaders can become more innovative.
Practice What You Preach
Leaders should formulate strategies to bring change to their organizations. In numerous
organizations, employees emulate what their leaders do and not what they say. Workers
feel disgruntled when they are constantly reminded to focus on something their managers
show little interest in performing.
Therefore, if a leader wants to encourage innovation, they must consistently show
commitment to this goal. They must design and support innovative projects and exercise
new and more effective ways of working.
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Cultivate an Innovative Culture
Leaders must strive to cultivate an innovative culture in their companies. They can take
several actions to make it more comfortable for the staff to be innovative. One of the
actions is to ensure that there are sufficient resources to accelerate innovation. In many
organizations, leaders want the employees to be innovative but have limited time to do
creative things besides daily routine demands. Incentives such as innovation competitions
go a long way in encouraging employees to share new ideas.
Additionally, leaders must understand that failure is inevitable. For a leader to champion
innovative ideas, they must be failure tolerant. Not every idea will materialize to become
the next Amazon. They must understand that not every innovative idea will result in a
strong return on investment. Instead, they should encourage workers to keep trying –
perhaps the next idea will transform the world.
Give Teams the Right Tools
Besides cultivating a culture of innovation, leaders must make sure workers have the right
tools to innovate. Each innovative strategy requires a unique set of tools. For instance,
design thinking can draw businesses closer to their customers’ needs, while the blue ocean
strategy is suitable for business model innovation.
Speed Up Decision Making
Decision-making is an essential skill for innovative leaders. Innovative leaders make their
decisions in a unique way. They make decisions quickly because they have trust in their
employees. These leaders may not wholly understand a matter, but they rely on their
teams’ expertise to make informed decisions.
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